Review – Penelope

After watching a depressing documentary, I decided I needed a light comedy to brighten my mood a bit. This met the need nicely. Christina Ricci stars as a woman cursed to have the nose of a pig until she can get a fellow British blue-blood to marry her. High jinks ensue. Occasionally the self-esteem-y stuff gets a bit preachy, especially toward the end. But otherwise it’s cute, occasionally clever, and uniformly undemanding. Mildly amusing